Sputnik is live from Moscow where Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of his government via videoconference.
It is expected that the president and the ministers will discuss the question of social support for the people of the new territories - the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which joined Russia in the autumn following referendums.
Previously during the II Congress of Young Scientists, Putin stressed that citizens of the new regions are "our people", pledging to do everything for their protection and support.
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